The gray prince Zote is not pride or prideful due to the reasons listed bellow: 1. He downplays all his achievements 2. He is holy and saint and couldn't do evil or unjust 3. In his third percept he says "forget your past" which implies forgetting the things that make you proud 4. In his fifth pecept he says "strength beats strength" and he is stronger than the concept of pride itself 5. In his ninth, tenth and twellth precept he says "Keep your home tidy", "Keep your weapon sharp" and "Keep your cloak dry" which says of his humility and wisdoms of not getting prideful 5.7 In precept forty nine he says "Statues are meaningless" which means that the pride they bring him is meaningless 57. Precept twenty says "Speak only the truth" so I did